I picked up an awesome Baffler from Chris Yates. Its name is Dragon Breath Fountain. Its simply beautiful. I got it for Trista as a surprise, because a) she let me go to the con and b) loves lovesloves her puzzles. She was very happy when I gave it to her; and she proceeded to dump it out and solve it in about 5 min. She still loves it and agrees with me that its gorgeous.

I also got to meet a lot of people who loved the Brass Tome. I happened to be carrying it around with me for most of the con because I needed space in my backpack for all of the awesome stuff that I bought. After that I have a renewed vigor to get the Gearskull Studios Etsy store up and running. Which is seriously the next thing that I am doing. I was awed and humbled by everyone’s compliments. I just like making the journals but knowing that other people dig my work was just the best thing ever.

I also got a lot of sketches in my journals from some artists that I really admire.

Scott Kurtz of PvP drew Skull the Troll for me looking totally bad-ass and maybe a little sketchy (get it sketchy… ha..yeah that was lame…..)

Skull the Troll by Scott Kurtz

David Malki of Wondermark drew an amazing Rhinoceros Gentleman making a rather discomfiting statement. Which is awesome.

The Gentleman Rhinoceros by David Malki

Aaron Diaz of Dresden Codak drew me a Mecha Lincoln. It reminded me of one of my favorite short stories “American Cheetah” by Robert Reed and made me really happy when he came up with it.

Mecha Lincoln by Aaron Diaz

And finally last, but certainly not least, Jeph Jacques from Questionable Content drew me a really nice sketch of Marigold. Ive been a fan of QC for many years and getting to meet Jeph was really really cool.

Marigold by Jeph Jacques

So yeah Emerald City Comicon was a huge success for me and I had a great time. It was just a blast. I got to meet so many cool and interesting people that I’ll definitely be going back next year.